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Phillies turn to Tejeda in rubber game

Tejeda, Phils go for series win over Braves

The Phillies had a big win on Saturday thanks to a dominating effort from starting pitcher Brett Myers, and enter Sunday night's game with a chance to take the series from the Braves.

It would be their first series win since completing a sweep of the Brewers on June 12.

Rob Tejeda continues to pitch well for the Phillies, though he walked five in his previous start against the Mets. That led to a hook after just four innings. In order to be effective, Tejeda needs to establish his fastball to set up hitters for his devastating changeup.

Atlanta counters with Jorge Sosa, who will be making his fifth start of the season and looking to build upon his strongest outing. The right-hander limited the Marlins to one run in a season-high six innings on Tuesday night.

He has posted a 2.95 ERA in his first four starts and shown better control than he had earlier this year as a reliever. Left-handed hitters batted .394 against him as a reliever. But in his four starts, he's limited them to a .175 batting average.

Quick hits
Billy Wagner collected his 20th save of the season on Saturday, giving him five straight seasons with at least that many. ... Rollins stole his 14th straight base. ... Myers pitched at least seven innings for the ninth time in 17 starts this season.